Tendon attaches to bone across a specialized tissue called the enthesis. This tissue modulates the transfer of muscle forces between two materials, i.e. tendon and bone, with vastly different mechanical properties. The enthesis for many tendons consists of a mineralized graded fibrocartilage that develops postnatally, concurrent with epiphyseal mineralization. Although it is well described that...

Basic Violet 14, Direct Red 28 and Acid Red 26 are classified as carcinogenic dyes in the European textile ecology standard, despite insufficient toxicity data. In this study, the toxicity of these dyes was assessed in a zebrafish model, and the underlying toxic mechanisms were investigated. Basic Violet 14 and Direct Red 28 showed acute toxicity with a LC50 value at 60.63 and 476.84 µg ml(-1) ...

The experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of artemia enriched with lipid emulsions containing highly unsaturated fatty acids on growth and survival of juvenile freshwater crayfish Astacus leptodactylus. Juvenile crayfish were fed artemia enriched with commercial emulsions (red pepper and olio ω3) and un-enriched artemia (control). The highest eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) level was ...

The experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of artemia enriched with lipid emulsions containing highly unsaturated fatty acids on growth and survival of juvenile freshwater crayfish Astacus leptodactylus. Juvenile crayfish were fed artemia enriched with commercial emulsions (red pepper and olio ω3) and un-enriched artemia (control). The highest eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) level was ...

We report on measurements of the He abundance toward the outer Galaxy H II region S 206 with the NRAO Green Bank telescope. Observations of hydrogen and helium radio recombination lines between 8 − 10GHz were made toward the peak radio continuum position in S 206. We derive He/H = 0.08459 ± 0.00088 (random)± 0.0010 (known systematic), 20% lower than optical recombination line results. It is dif...

We investigated the effects of fermented red beet extract and ascorbic acid on color development in meat emulsions. The pH of meat emulsions containing red beet extract decreased with an increase in the amount of extract added. The redness of the treated meat emulsions was higher than that of the control with no added nitrite or fermented red beet extract (p<0.05), though the redness of the mea...

Saha A, Hammond CE, Gooz M, Smolka AJ. IL-1 modulation of H,K-ATPase -subunit gene transcription in Helicobacter pylori infection. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 292: G1055–G1061, 2007. First published January 4, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00338.2006.—Helicobacter pylori infection of the human gastric body induces hypochlorhydria by perturbing acid secretion. H. pylori inhibits parietal c...

6. Suppose X is a metric space, let BX be the σ-algebra generated by the open sets of X, we call BX the Borel σ-algebra and its elements Borel sets. 7. A countable intersection of open sets is called a Gδ set ; a countable union of closed sets is called an Fσ set . 8. We call a collection of subsets of X an elementary family if (i) ∅ ∈ E ; (ii) if E,F ∈ E , then E ∩ F ∈ E ; and (iii) if E ∈ E ,...

The effect of rifampicin on the pharmacokinetics of fexofenadine enantiomers was examined in healthy subjects who received fexofenadine alone or with single or multiple doses of rifampicin (600 mg). A single coadministered dose of rifampicin significantly decreased the oral clearance (CLtot/F) and renal clearance (CLr) of Sand R-fexofenadine by 76 and 62%, and 73 and 62%, respectively. Even aft...